Operation of by-product coke oven



S. P. MILLER Filed Feb. 25, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Nov. 14, 1933.

OPERATION OF BY-PRODUCT COKE OVEN Nov. 14, 1933. s. P. MILLER OPERATION OF BY-PRODUCT COKE OVEN s Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 25, 1927 m P INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Nov. 14, 1933. s. P. MILLER OPERATION OF BY-PRODUCT COKE OVEN Fi led Feb. 25. 1927 I5 Sheets-Sheet 3 W R M INVENTOR BY PM R44 WM ATTORNEYS and'are cooled in the collector main to'te'mpera-"Y I I I I I I I liquor into the hot gases; the individualovens may whi h] udhgp -cb q gases, j re-i obl' d on y to a predetermined temperature, are introduced, for the recovery oftar constituents therefrom. Th

:: i n ion u i.imn q m tsi th o r ation f the collectorimainfor thedis tillationof I taro'roiljby utilizing the heat .o f thei pre-cooled gases iwhile they jarestillat asufiioiently high d I I I w t wil mcdifi dji btak op p all o th 11 or lee; extentbefore theyenter the Collector mam 'ma ns: ,L h'e d u akepime arejrrqr uents therefromk I V operation of oy 'product coke your-mg; operation, an the recovery r tar constit- In "the; ordinaryovens, the gases produced by the coking operatio'n's pass from theindividualovens through in di Vi dilal uptake pipesand goose-neclzs to 'a collector nain' common to'a battery, or to a number 7 of "evens of the battery. The uptake pipes and goose-'nebks' are commonly exposed to the'fat'mosphere' and seine cooling 0mm gases takes place g-while they are passingtherethrough, due'to radiamen; Inth'e c olleotor main or r riains the' gases are commonly sprayed With'ammonia liquor, or ammonia liquor'and' tar, to-cool the gases and to throw doivn heavierltar constituents therefrom; vand I mmpma u uor sprays are also commonly er'nployed in the go ose-necks, particularly for spraying the valve or valves during operation.

The hot coke'bven gases enter 'the collec'tor main While still at afhigh, temperature, for example, I I I I I I I I I I ammonia liquor'a'nd'thecooling of the gases,

around SOS-to 609 C. or sometimesfeven' higher,

tures which may be aroundlOQ" C. or somewhat higher r Y theeouectpr ma theooperation of the collector main or mains in temperature to bring about effective distillation,

' but'while they are at a sufiiciently low tempera? tur to-avoid ei'c'essive distillation danger of forrning or depositing hard pitch in the'colle'ctor I vi ded with: means for co llecting wth'el excessfof j mon a o to eth r W many. tar adm x d" I g ctmameanis ma be a manif d or i c m monitol a number ofthe individual uptakelpipesfl for examp a numb psiiidin v t the 11. i;

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In thepractice of the invention, the hot coke ovengases', iasjthey come from the individual coke Ovens? a i brought i t nti t C n act wi h ammonia liquor in regulatedamounts in the indi I I, V n 3 3 6" v -I.. f f, OPERATION or BY-PRODUCT COKE OVEN.

Smart l arniele e' Miller," Te nafl y, N; ijassignorto The Barrett Company, New

eeo r ra e New' Y *A 'ii atibnrbri yzs,1927;}seria1$16,170,775 I I I I i f a'oiaims. 'c1; 20 2-j 30 7 This invention relate's to improvementsin the operation of by-product coke ovens, and more particularly t0" the"co1leotionand treatment of the c'oke'ovengases'ooining'from the coke ovens to be distilled 'th'erebyj liquor to besprayed or otherwise introduced" d. i'

The invention also includes improvements i j spraying 'or atoniizing or otherwise introducing ammonia liquor into" the hot 'cokef'oven' gases while' they are at approximately theirfrnaximumff temperature after leaving the coke o'vens, the cooling action of the ammonia liquor can be 'ef fectively "employed in" reducing the temperature of the gases to the desired extent While still leav-f' ing the gases suificiently hot to enable tax or oil 'Wat'er' maybe employed instead of ammonia liquonbutwhere waterorammonia liquor is em-" played, and the aqueous liquor subsequently sep-i-f arated, it'is" separated: as amn'ionia'liquor' which f may advantageously be reutilized for coolingfur ther amounts of gas. For convenience; the ammonia' liquor will be referred to as the material employed for the pre-coolingoperation,

The-ammonia liquor can be brought into bon tact withfthe hot colze' oven gases in various Ways, Itmay conveniently and'a'dvant'ageously intimate contact ina finely divided state with the hot gases, thus promoting the evaporationof' the" In order to permit this introduction ojf'am m'oni'a befprovid'edlwith gas'outlet pipes of a modifie'd j such 'ajs win" enable the ammorii aft'ei 1 leaves-the coke ovens,viithout'permitting I any eXcess "of ammonia liqiuir "to flow downward- 1 j 1y into" the coke ovens". Theuptakef pipe or out-"f of each 'ovenmay advantag ous lybefaj' moth ed uptakfe I'pipe) such as hereinafter de 1 'sc'ribed, invvhiohfthe ammonia liquor is spraye let p or'atomiz'ediintp arising cur-renter thfhot c'ok'efl oven "gas Whilethis' gas is"at'substantially itsj maxim emperatu 1l h m d fi dvu 'pipeis de'scribedand illustrated in the applica m f r Geor E- B i 'dQ Se to, am: By providing allof theovens of thebattery coke oven gases can be tire-cooled toffagreater l 'mmr n-to in ecq w m in-y The "manner in which the ammonia liquor 15 brought into direct contact with the hot coke oven gases can be varied. A suitable atomizing or spray nozzle, to which the ammonia, liquor is supplied under a suflicient pressure to bring about atcmizing or spraying and resulting intimate contact of the ammonia liquor with the hot gases, can advantageously be located in the upper part of the modified uptake pipes to bring the ammonia liquor into intimate contact with the hot gases. A single ammonia liquor spray can be used in each of the individual uptake pipes, or a plurality or series of such sprays, and the rate at which the ammonia liquor is sprayed, as well as its temperature, can be somewhat regulated and controlled.

If only a small amount of ammonia liquor is atomized into the hot coke oven gases, it may be completely vaporized by'the heat of the hot gases Without any excess ammonia liquor collect-,

hot gases, or by limiting the amount of liquor so atomized, or by combinations of these and other regulating features. Instead of completely vaporizing the ammonia liquor sprayed into the gases, it may be only partly vaporized, and the remainder may be collected in the bottom of the modified uptake pipes and drawn off with any tar thrown down thereby. Where the ammonia liquor is not finely atomized, and is showered into the hot gases in .a relatively coarse spray, only partial vaporization may take place, and a considerable excess of ammonia liquor may collect in the bottom of the modified uptake pipes. By .using a large excess of ammonia liquor, and

. particularly where it is finely distributed throughout the hotgases, the gases may be cooled to a relatively low temperature by the excess of ammonia liquor employed. By regulating the nature and amount of the ammonia liquor spray, the gases can be cooled, for example, from around 600 C. to a materially lower temperature, which may be, for example, around 300 C or higher, or which may i be materially lower, for example, around 200 CL or in extreme cases may be around 100 C. or somewhat thereabove. Suchextreme cooling will not ordinarily be desirable, and, particularly where the collector main is to be operated for the distillation of tar or oil, it is desirable that the pre-cooled gases enteringthe collector main shall be at a materially higher temperature, for example around 300 C. or even higher. a

' The action of the ammonia liquor upon the hot coke oven gases in the uptake pipes causes more or less of the tar constituents, and particularly of the heavier tar constituents, to be thrown down with the ammonia liquor where an excess is employed. In this way, the gases are subjected-to a preliminary purification from heavier tar constituents at the same time that they are preliminarily cooled.' The tar constituents thrown down by the ammonia liquor are drawn off therewith from'the bottom of the individual uptake pipes and passed to a separatemanifold or collector main for the ammonia liquor and tar from the individual uptake pipes. Or in case the gases are not to be used for the distillation of tar or oil ticularly from heavier tar constituents, where an excess of ammonia liquor spray is employed in the individual uptake pipes.

The precooled gases entering the collector main do not require the extreme cooling that is commonly applied in by-product coke oven opera- .tions for cooling the hot gases to a much lower temperature.

Instead of using ammonia liquor in the collector main, all ammonia liquor may be omitted therefrom and tar or oils employed for spraying and further cooling the gases passing through the collector main. By employing tar or oil sprays in this way, the tar or oil can be distilled to a greater or less extent by the gases passing through the collector main, and the gases will themselves be further scrubbed and cleaned from heavier tar constituents, so that a relatively clean mixture of gases and vapors will pass from the collector main through the cross-over main toqthe condensing system. This mixture of gases and valector main, and may therefore be much richer, particularly in lighter. oil vapors, than the gases ordinarily passing from a collector main through a cross-over main. 7

The pre-cooling of the coke oven gases before they enter the collector main so reduces their temperature that their distilling capacity. is correspondingly reduced. Nevertheless, the heat contained as sensible heat in hot coke-oven gases is so many times greater than that required for distilling an amount of tar produced from these gases, that the pre-cooled gases are still able to distill a large amount of tar at their lowered temperature, while the fact that the gases do not come in conact with the tar at a higher temperature, reduces the danger of over-distillation and production of pitch such as would tend'to cause pitching of the main. 'When tar is sprayed into the collector main, it may be in sufilcient amount to cause a rapid, current of not undistilled tar or pitch to collect and run through the bottom of the collector main. If the amount of tar is not suflicient to keep the main flushed, additional tar or pitch can be introduced into the ends. of

the main and caused to flow therethrough to thecenter box from which the pitch may be withdrawn and recirculated if necessary or desirable.

'In this way, the tar sprayed into the collector main and the tar or pitch circulated.therethrough can be distilled to the desired point to produce, pitch of regulated melting point, while danger of.

pitching of the main is prevented by theflushing processesof the invention, but it is intended and.

will be understood that the invention is 111115.,

trated by butis not limited. to the modifications so illustrated and described.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. l is a plan view of part of a battery of.

' modified/(to ambody fthe -inveiition; gBy-g reguIati'ngr-athei "character::anliiiamountvofi .an elevation with: parts ni' se'ctions showin partaofi ftheacoke ovenznbatter of i anc enlaiigedrvievziofvpart paratuslofxFig.f2jtwit ;1:Fig. isra n elevationiof ne 'f rm modifie' uptakepipeszc xii-The invention 1 ss generaltapph cation toi different types; and constructions of ibyai product coke; ovn esuchvasa sern'et'z-solva'y :ovensyz Koppe'rs ovens;:='etc.'biit swi-lllibeimorerparticularl' described andsillustratedinconnection rvith y product coke ovensiofftheasemetesolvay type nThescokej'oven is "llustratedr conventionally a Landaihas themsualeyoutletzfl rorethe escape of: hot coke oven gases. The modified ,uptakert-pipefi is indicatedz'iatz 3 Jandirco'rinects; filllitSf vllDPiJGHd withkthe ;pipe; eleading 'ato :the ordinary collector;- main"; 5'. :TheP-modified"uptak "pipe. has-"ah Len-(E larged casing portion rid anrinner upv'vardlyz: extending-Hpip =forinin an annular :space be tweencthemm i i-loc'ateda-above itheilu I DGEEGIldof! the :pipe'; 7 and-above :this is arranged; a5 3spray;.;head :9 :corinectediii' itlii'ithe' pi-p'e i101 for; g supplyihgzzammoniaaliqiiorg;thereto; T The outlet foriammoniatiliquor{for ammol'iiai-rliqu Jri andstar; isnlocated: at I the';hottom* ;.of;itheti nlargedmasing i 6,-1-tthlS Zrou'tlet; :3 being indicated in i the form": :of h manifold or collector pipesl2'mi r: -The 'mo'difiedi-up ries of: doors or jopening's' 14. toriprmit einspection'i and ccleaning eand xarreupperi dooirvl5 '12 carrying thebaffletia Overflow outlets '16 are also provided di 'seiiiessof spray hozzles;r2lr are located in the? collector maintforisprayinga oils,:'et'c' *therein and v of ammonia liquor z'canibe'reducd iand:thetem q the: main mayaal'sog be'flushedewith a amount; of; hot star: or pitch:indicated 'at 22.. =1"

A'- rossover'tmainrBO' leadsiifromithe 'collecto mains l5; t0caicondensirigxsystem indicated as :two :4- direct orrii'ndirect coolers: or condensers"3'l and= 32, beyond which is locate 'th ife'xhausten35 "Aw-v receptacle. o idecahter 'ii23 is taprovi'dedoifor'.

a ror JOiL hrowh J dovviiiiriitli'ev'cross' 5 main may be' drawnooftifroM the enter fbox l through'the l-ine-t24artoi3 eceptaclezioriataiiki-25 3 V storage :tarllt containingpammonia liquor indicatedzia'ti 2'71 conn' tedl'itot the li ne'-10i leading toith'e sprayinozzles'i athe iarninonia lliquoribeing puih-pedrbi mehstot pump 28 to 'theispraiyinozzles '2 The ammoniailiquon or ammonia liquori and? tar drawn off from the bottomsxofw hez'iindividiialh uptakrpi p'es' and collbtihginitheYollecting pipe 12 runs through the pipe 18 to thereceptacle 19. The ammonia liquor so collectedmay, after settling of tar-therefrom, be returned for further use in the ammonia liquor sprays.

In the operation of the apparatus illustrated, ammonia liquor is pumped to the spray nozzles and sprayed into the tops of the individual upa take pipes, the amount of ammonia liquor so sprayed being regulated to give the desired cooling of the hot coke oven gasesrising from the vindividual coke ovens through the individual uptake pipes. The ammonia liquor which is not vaporized collects in the bottom of theuptake pipes, together with any tar thrown down thereby and runs out through the ammonia liquor noutlet pipes into the separate collecting pipe 12.

The cooled gases containing the water vapor from the evaporation of the ammonia liquor pass to the collector main where they may be utilized for the distillation of tar or oil in the manner above described. i

" collectorqmain'ithefpregcooling of the gases-she -v the ammonia liquor? and tlie remainder "utilize for t'sir-"distillation; :Where'iam increased amount l 1O the. s r y. n theruptakevpipe; athe sextentr'o'f': th

Ofj therhoti-coke *bVBIliagQLSBS :canawbez foreiithey; reach the mainim'amte regulatedthe-tithe :gasesrcontain thei necessaryciamount so 1 ,s heat'is'uni-tsi for th'e vlfcarrying'.iout 11 0f the' ides'iredv distillatio Inithis casegipart 'ofwth'earheat of. thezhot: cokecoveni gases-will: bei absoi bed 'byi'theii ammonia :liq-uor' sprays" innthe' uptakeizpipe'f and:- p'arlt'ibytthe tantor ioils Jbeingidistilled 'in ith'e'fi-colre i lecting amain'; 1:; The :amount? of l'distilla'tioncan be varied :"by lraising or' zlowerihg athe teinperature of thesgases:entering'zthe'maing while the lchar'ac-ri ter' of =thetresidue? froni 7 the dis'till'ation'; and I 1 of: the distillate oils removed therefrom by the dis l tillation'i' can ';-bet' ivariediiitor give? eitlir' softi ior harderzpitches as residuesiand n'loreo'rless -heavy' distillate" oils," depending upon the extent: to which:theidistillatiorr of the tarris ieff'ectdr' V 'The'h'eat: contained ins'the hot coke oven gases' isxmanyftime's that re'quired for, distilling zanamount of tar such :as thegases .tl'iemselves v pro d-uce. riWhere :only a smallfamountro'f tar is available tosbe distilled, 'th'eii greatei part :or. the heat offthe hoti'c'oke oven gase's can be absorb i of taritz is available? f or distillationp-ithe amou'nt perature-iof-thegases entering the' co'lle'ctor main increasedto "i'n'sure' thatisufficient heat is: avail 1 u M I ollector ll5- i main forieffecting' 'the desired' distillation Thisf' able in the gases passing through the distillation;iinoreover; =w1ll be ffccted by ases i at a lower temperature than would bez t'he use if the? gases' -were 5 not pre 'coo1ed =fby the L moriialiquor'spray in' he uptakegpipes."

zIIhe1 regulation of-the temperaturein the do lectorimainienables the distillate 'oils' i to pass" inapor 'fornr -along 'with the 'gases -throu'gh the cross-overruns to the condensers; The tempera ture of the excessg-ases' can-be raised or lowered ing from the collector "main to a much higher temperature than commonly employed for such gases, so that an increased amount of heavy oil I vapors are carried over to the condensers. The

vapors, moreover, are relatively clean vapors in the sense that they have had heavier tar constituents removed therefrom to a greater or less extent by the action of the ammonia liquor in the uptake pipes and the action of the tar or oil sprays in the collector main, while the normal vapor content of the gases is very considerably increased by the distillation of tar or oils in the collector main, and the production of a considerable amount of clean vapors by such distillation.

It will thus be seen that the invention provides for regulation of the temperature of the hot coal distillation gases by cooling them with water or ammonia liquor while they are at practically their maximum temperature and before they reach the collector main, the cooling of the gases being,

however, regulated and limited so that the gases enter the collector main at a sufficiently high temperature to insure that the greater part of the oil constituents are still in the vapor form, and at a sufficiently high temperature so that distillation of tar or oils can be effected thereby. The collector main operation, when tar or oil is distilled therein, is carried out. ata regulated lower temperature, but a temperature nevertheless sufiiciently high. to enable eifective distillation to be carried out with production of. heavy tar or The operation pitch residues and distillate oils. of the. collector main in anycvent is at a sufficiently high temperature so that the gases leaving. the collector main and passing to the condensing system contain a large amount of condensable oil constituents in the form of vapors, including not only those which have been distilled from the tar oroil in the collector main, but also a large part of the original oil vapors of the gases leaving the coke ovens so that these are directly recovered as condensed oils in the condensing system.

The cooling of the gases immediately after they leave the coke oven has an additional adderstood by those familiar with coke oven operation. Yields of ammonia will be improved; difiiculty due to pitching of the collector main will be reduced; distillation of tar or oil in the collector maincan easily be regulated; much lesscarbon will accumulate in the uptakes and goosenecks than is ordinarily the case.

The term tar as used herein is intended to include tar from which a portion of the oils have .been removed by distillation and which is sometimes spoken of as pitch, but which may be further distilled yielding additional distillate oils.

I claim:- 1. The method of distilling tar and producing P pitch and distillate oils, which comprises spraying ,My invention has therefore sev-. "feral distinct advantages which will be readily unmasses 2. The improvement in the operation of a coke oven battery the ovens of which are connected thru uptake pipes with a gas collector main, which comprises spraying the fresh hot coal distillation gases passing from the ovens to the collector main. with ammonia liquor in the uptake pipes so as to cool the gases somewhat and yet leave them at a temperature sufficiently'high to permit their use for effecting the distillation of tar to pitch, separately collecting any non-volatilized ammonia liquor resulting from the spraying without allowing it to enter the collector main, and dis-; tilling tar to pitch in the collector main by spray-' ing it in the main into the gases which have been cooled to a limited extent by spraying with ammonia liquor.

3. The method of distilling tar and producing pitch and distillate oils, which comprises cooling fresh hot coal distillation gases with a limited amount of cooling liquid so that the gases are retained at a temperature sufliciently high to. permit their use for effectingthe distillation of tarto pitch, using the partly cooled gases which are still hot for the distillation of tar by spraying it into them, thereby vaporizing oils from'the-tar 1 and producing pitch, andv withdrawing the pitch from contact with the gases while the gases'are at a temperature not above that to which they were cooled in the cooling step.

4. The method of distilling tar and producing 1 pitch and distillate oils, which comprises spraying fresh hot coaldistillation .gases with. a limited amount of cooling liquid so as to cool the gases and yet leave them at a temperature sufiiciently high to permit their use for eiTecting the distilla- 1 tion of tar to pitch, using the gases which are still hot for the distillation of tar by spraying it into them, thereby vaporizing oils from the tar and producing pitch, andwithdrawing the pitch from contact withthe gases while the' gases are at a 1 temperature not above that to which they were cooled in the cooling step. i i f 5. The method of distilling tar and producing pitch and distillate oils with comprises spraying fresh hot coke oven gases resulting from the dis- 1 tillation of'coal in coke ovens with a'limited amount of an aqueous solution, so as to cool' the gases toa temperature between 100 and-200 0., bringing tar into contact with the resulting gases so as to distill the tar to pitch and then cooling the resulting gases to" separate therefrom oils originaly present in the coke oven gases and oils distilled from the tar. STUART PARMELEE MILLER.

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